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                C A L L   F O R   P A R T I C I P A T I O N


                          2nd Erlangen Symposium
                  ADVANCES IN DIGITAL IMAGE COMMUNICATION


                              APRIL 25, 1997
                       Telecommunications Institute
                     University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
                             Erlangen, Germany


Following the successful 1st Erlangen  Symposium  in  June  1995,  the  2nd
Erlangen  Symposium  will again be held at the Telecommunications Institute
of University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. The Symposium will feature:

    - Invited lectures by internationally renowned speakers
      (Prof. Robert M. Gray, Prof. A. Murat Tekalp, Dr. Ralf Schaefer)
    - Contributed talks by international scientists
    - Conference proceedings
    - Demonstrations of ongoing work in the Image Communication Group
      of the Telecommunications Institute (Prof. Bernd Girod)
    - Banquet at historic Atzelsberg Castle

LOCATION

The symposium site is a convenient taxi-drive from Nuremberg  Airport  with
direct  flights to major European cities. By train or car, Erlangen is less
than 2 hours from Munich, the site of ICASSP-97. The 2nd Erlangen Symposium
will take place on the day right after ICASSP-97.

REGISTRATION

The  registration  fee  ranges  from  280.-  to  450.-  DM   and   includes
proceedings,  coffe/lunch,  and  the  banquet at Atzelsberg Castle. Reduced
fees are offered for authors,  IEEE  members,  and  members  of  non-profit
organisations,  as  well  as for advance registration BEFORE FEB. 15, 1997.
On-site registration will also be possible in the morning.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Below please find the complete program of the 2nd Erlangen  Symposium.  For
further   information   on   registration,   hotel  reservation  or  travel
information please refer to our WWW site

    http://www-nt.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de/sympos97

or send email to

    sympos97@nt.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de

or contact

    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Girod
    Telecommunications Institute
    University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
    Cauerstrasse 7, D-91058 Erlangen, GERMANY
    phone:   +49-9131-857100, fax:   +49-9131-303840
    email:   girod@nt.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de



               WE WOULD BE GLAD TO WELCOME YOU IN ERLANGEN !



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                               P R O G R A M

                          2nd Erlangen Symposium
                  ADVANCES IN DIGITAL IMAGE COMMUNICATION


                              APRIL 25, 1997
                       Telecommunications Institute
                     University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
                             Erlangen, Germany


                            In cooperation with
  Nuernberger Initiative fuer die Kommunikationswirtschaft NIK e.V., and
           Graduiertenkolleg: 3D Image Analysis and Synthesis,
                     University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

                             Sponsored by the
                IEEE Communication Society, German Chapter


 07.30 Registration

 08.30 Welcome

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 08.45 Invited lecture I

       Image Compression, Classification, and Universal Coding
       Prof. Robert M. Gray - Stanford University, USA
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 09.30 Poster introductions I

       CBPY Prediction for H.263+
       R. Fischer - Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany

       Markovian Models for the Output of Real World MPEG-1 Encoders
       N. Doulamis, N. Tsapatsoulis, A. Doulamis, A. Tsiodras,
       and S. Kollias - National Technical University of Athens,
       Greece

       Error Concealment and Synchronisation Recovery in ATM
       Transmission of Still Images
       L. Favalli, A. Mecocci - University of Pavia, Italy

       Bandwidth Renegotiation for MPEG-2 Sources in ATM Networks
       L. Favalli, A. Mecocci - University of Pavia, Italy

       Intraframe Compression Scheme with Better Color Quality
       M. Bartkowiak, M. Domanski - Politechnika Poznanska, Poland
       and P. Gerken - University of Hannover, Germany

       Spatial Scalable Coding for Key Images
       K. Hosaka, Y. Yagasaki - Sony Corporation, Japan

 09.50 Poster viewing, individual discussions, coffee

       Oral Presentations I

 11.00 Modified H.263 Video Coding Algorithm for Mobile Multimedia
       Communications
       A. H. Sadka, F. Eryurtlu, and A. M. Kondoz - University of
       Surrey, UK

 11.20 A Channel Error Robust EZW Image Coding Technique
       H. Man - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA,
       F. Kossentini - University of British Columbia, Canada,
       M. J. T. Smith - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

 11.40 Quality of Service using VIC Videoconferencing System and RTP
       Protocol in Large Packet Loss Regime
       K. Samp, and C. Jedrzejek - Institute of Telecommunications and
       Information Technologies, Poland

 12.00 On the Use of Layers for Video Coding and Object Manipulation
       L. Torres, D. Garcia, and A. Mates - Universitat Politecnica de
       Catalunya, Spain

 12.20 Lunch Break

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 14.00 Invited lecture II

       Object-Based Video: Compression, Manipulation, and Indexing
       Prof. A. Murat Tekalp - University of Rochester, USA
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 14.45 Poster introductions II

       An Efficient Boundary Encoding Scheme Using B-Spline Curves
       Which is Optimal in the Rate-Distortion Sense
       F. W. Meier, G. M. Schuster, and A. K. Katsaggelos - Northwestern
       University, USA

       Motion Compensated Frame Interpolation Techniques for
       VLBR Video Coding
       S. Kiranyaz, and L. Onural - Bilkent University, Turkey

       Utilization of 3-D Motion Models in Video Coding: Occlusion
       Detection and Motion Compensated Temporal Interpolation
       A. A. Alatan, and L. Onural - Bilkent University, Turkey

       Model-Based Coding and Virtual Teleconferencing
       S. Valente, and J.-L. Dugelay - Institut Eurecom, France

       Video Analysis for Coding: Objectives Features and Methods
       P. Correia, F.~Pereira - Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal

       Video Coding Using 3-D Model Based Background
       I. Martins - INESC, L. Corte-Real - FEUP/INESC, Portugal

 15.05 Poster viewing, individual discussions, coffee

       Oral presentations II

 16.00 Tracking the 3D Face Model in Videophone Sequences
       P. M. Antoszczyszyn, J. M. Hannah, P. M. Grant - The University
       of Edinburgh, UK

 16.20 3D Motion Estimation and Object Articulation in Model-Based
       Stereoscopic Videoconference Image Sequence Coding
       I. Kompatsiaris, D. Tzovaras, and M. G. Strintzis - Aristotle
       University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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 16.45 Invited lecture III

       MPEG-4 and its Functionalities for Video Object Manipulation
       Dr. Ralf Schaeufer, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut fuer
       Nachrichtentechnik Berlin, Germany
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 17.30 Laboratory demonstrations

 19.30 Banquet at Schloss Atzelsberg


INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE

    Bernd Girod, University Erlangen-Nuremberg (chair)
    Jan Biemond, Delft University of Technology
    Murat Kunt, Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne
    Andrew B. Lippman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Hans Georg Musmann, University of Hannover

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

    Bernd Girod (Chair)
    Khaled Ben Younes
    Reinhard Bernstein
    Peter Eisert
    Niko Faerber
    Frank Hartung
    Uwe Horn
    Eckehard Steinbach
    Klaus Stuhlmueller
    Thomas Wiegand

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

    Uwe Horn (Chair)
    Thomas Wiegand (Vice Chair, Special Projects)
    Frank Hartung (Finance)
    Klaus Stuhlmueller (Registration)
    Niko Faerber (Publicity)
    Eckehard Steinbach, Peter Eisert (Proceedings)
    Reinhard Bernstein (Technical Support)